1961 Japan Series

The 1961 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1961 season. It was the 12th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

Summary

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 22	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 6	Osaka Stadium	2:19	30,720^[1]
2	October 24	Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 4	Osaka Stadium	2:41	26,845^[1]
3	October 26	Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 5	Korakuen Stadium	2:23	30,878^[1]
4	October 29	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 4	Korakuen Stadium	2:18	33,186^[1]
5	October 30	Nankai Hawks – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:28	30,135^[1]
6	November 1	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 2	Osaka Stadium	2:45	21,565^[1]

Sunday, October 22, 1961 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Nankai	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	X	6	10	0
WP: Joe Stanka (1–0) LP: Minoru Nakamura (0–1) Home runs: YOM: None NAN: Katsuya Nomura (1), Yoshio Anabuki (1), Yōsuke Terata (1)

Tuesday, October 24, 1961 – 12:59 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	6	14	1
Nankai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	7	3
WP: Ritsuo Horimoto (1–0) LP: Mutsuo Minagawa (0–1) Home runs: YOM: None NAN: Yoshio Anabuki (2)

Thursday, October 26, 1961 – 1:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	3
Yomiuri	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	5	8	1
WP: Yoshiaki Itō (1–0) LP: Joe Stanka (1–1) Home runs: NAN: None YOM: Andy Miyamoto (1)

Sunday, October 29, 1961 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1
Yomiuri	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2X	4	8	0
WP: Ritsuo Horimoto (2–0) LP: Chikara Morinaka (0–1) Home runs: NAN: Kōhei Sugiyama (1), Yoshinori Hirose (1) YOM: None

Monday, October 30, 1961 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6	9	1
Yomiuri	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	7	2
WP: Joe Stanka (2–1) LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–1) Home runs: NAN: Yōsuke Terata (2), Katsuya Nomura (2) YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (1)

Wednesday, November 1, 1961 – 1:07 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	0
Nankai	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	0
WP: Minoru Nakamura (1–1) LP: Joe Stanka (2–2) Home runs: YOM: Sadaharu Oh (1) NAN: Katsuya Nomura (3), Yōsuke Terata (3)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 1961年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 [1961 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2010.